Pharaonic circumcision under patriarchy and breast augmentation under phallocentric capitalism: Similarities and differences

Violence Against Women

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 495-521

  Wilson, Tamar Diana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

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EID: 0036113212     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: 15528448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/10778010222183189     Document Type: Review

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